Tue, Apr-06-04, 16:28
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Senior Member
Posts: 248
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 125/112/105
BF:
Progress: 65%
Location: Park City, Ut
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Well I'm training for a marathon, and let me tell you I am not afraid to take in carbs before my long, 16+ mile runs. I take clif shot with me. I just did an 18 miler, the night before I ate half a sweet potato with some turkey breast, in the a.m. I ate some oatmeal, ate a clif shot about mile 9 in preparation for the "bonk". All in all it wasn't a whole lot of carbs, but enough to really help me as I was feeling very depleted/exhausted in the days leading up to the run. I kept my dietary fat low in those higher carb meals to help the carbs go right to my muscles. Often I might eat a banana before a good long run, at least 9 miles. the rest of the time my eating is low carb, high fat.
I was able to recover from this run much faster than in the past wtih no carb intake.
I can run shorter distances on no carbs, about 7-8 miles/day but any longer and my leg muscles just become really depleted and performance suffers.
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